Pigou argued that negative externalities (costs imposed) should be offset by a tax, while positive externalities should be offset by a subsidy.
It said the benefits of the moves could be offset by a weaker car market.
A candidate's empathy advantage could be offset by a leadership disadvantage.
W magazine headlined that "any concerns about the weakening dollar can be offset by a fashion makeover".
Fiscal austerity will depress the economy further unless it can be offset by a fall in interest rates.
The government reckons all this will cost ¥409 billion ($4.1 billion), to be offset by a ¥3 trillion Olympic windfall.
It's been suggested that the benefits of caffeine, in terms of heightened focus, might be offset by a decrease in proficiency at more imaginative tasks.
But for most workers, who already have employer-provided health insurance, the value of that credit would be offset by a new tax on those employer-provided policies.
But they can be offset by a more fundamental tendency towards inequality, which is unleashed wherever demographics or low taxation or weak labour organisation allows it.
This character will invariably be offset by a gallant counterpart -- the sensitive savior in the white ten-gallon hat, like Dan Futterman's sweet but ineffective Joe in "Enough".
The economic leverage that Cameron (or his successor) brought to the table would be offset by a collapse in diplomatic goodwill.
